Twisted Fate

Alice brow twitched.

She has been restless after Alex made his last sentence to her a few minutes ago.

Jim can’t possibly be involved in anything shady or any form of criminality. But Alex wouldn’t say words that have no truth in them.

“Of course not. I cannot understand why Alex will treat you like a common stranger. I cannot take his excesses anymore…”Alice complained.

She doesn’t want Jim to suspect her for anything. She must pay close attention to her husband henceforth.

If Alex is working hard to find her father’s murderer, she shouldn’t behave as if it doesn’t concern her. They both have the same father.

Alice’s words somewhat pacified Jim and cleared his doubts. He was thinking too much. But now that Alex had known, they would act fast.

When they got home, Alice got some painkillers and gave them to Jim. She was worried, a lot of thoughts running through her mind.

Jim held Alice by her wrist, Alice pretended to be busy, she got an ice pack and placed it on his swollen chin.

“You will be alright. I will see how to settle this, once and for all” Alice said, sitting beside him.

Jim kept glancing at Alice. He wants to know what her thoughts are. He didn’t expect that the siblings would suddenly go quiet and Alex would walk out of the castle so freely.

Had her brother said anything to dissuade her from her initial fury? Whatever, there is no time to delay, they must act now.

“I just want you to know that I love you, though thin and thick, I will never stop loving you and our daughter”Jim confessed, placing his hand on hers.

Alice smiled. She liked it whenever he confessed his love for her and their daughter. So far, he had only shown her love.

But her mind is in turmoil. She can’t get Alex’s last sentence before he stormed out of the castle, off her mind.

Can there really be any truth in her brother’s words? Was dad orchestrated by someone and can that person be Jim or someone close to him?

That night, Ella stayed awake and waited for Alex. But like the previous night, he didn’t show up.

Ella Smith felt her heart shattered into several pieces. Was Alex still upset with her?

She gathered up her courage, picked up her phone and dialled his cell phone number.

It rang but it was not connected.

At the Healing spring hospital, Ruby was at the verge of sobbing, pleading with his mother to let him go home with Greg.

“… be good Ruby, and let’s get back home” Rosa insisted. She can’t take any chances with her son being with Greg.

He’s a great guy and has a good heart, at least for the few times she has known him, he is a good guy.

But she can’t give a slime, tiniest space of her heart to be with any man. And if Ruby gets so close to Greg, invariably, she is the one getting close to him in essence.

She had scolded herself a few times for mistakenly calling his cell phone number. She had thought she called Ella, not knowing she had called Greg instead.

“This is too much Rosa. I might not be Ruby’s father, but if we both have a bond, would you please let us be together?” Greg demanded.

Rosa has the exclusive rights to her son but all he was asking is that she allow him to be with the boy. Especially now that Ruby wants to be with him.

“I still haven’t forgotten that I told you to stay away from my son and I. I was totally wrong to have called you earlier, I honestly thought I called Ella and not you.

But now that Ruby is stable and has been discharged, I don’t need your presence around us anymore. I will take my son home at once…”Rosa is adamant and Greg just stares at her, precisely at her lips as it moves.

Greg glared at Rosa. This woman is suffering from a filtering wound, a wound in her heart that has refused to heal.

She didn’t want Ruby to be with him because she would have to keep seeing him.

He cannot impose it on her either and that’s because he doesn’t have a legal right over Ruby.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

But he likes the boy a lot. He turned and glanced at the pleading eyes of Ruby and next on Rosa’s. The latters eyes were filled with resentment.

“I will talk to your mum briefly, okay?” Greg declared with a forced smile. Before Rosa could process his words, he held her wrist and pulled her along to the corridor.

Despite Rosa’s resistance, Greg didn’t give a damn. Until he got to the exact point he wanted, he didn’t let her go.

As soon as he let her go, Rosa raised her hand and slapped Greg angrily. She glared at him with hostility and irritation.

Greg was taken aback. He felt his chin flushed with red. He stared at Rosa in shock.

She really slapped him, did she?